The weekly newsletter of St Bartholomew’s School.

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2015

7.00pm in the Hall

QUIZ MASTER – Mr Peter Bell

An evening for all the family

Ticket price includes

Fish ‘n’ Chip Supper

(Sausage or vegetarian option available)

Please bring your own drinks and glasses

Adults: £10.50

School Staff: £9.00

Students/OAPs: £7.00

Maximum of six per team

Pre booking essential

stbartspa@gmail.com

07801 502104

Please state numbers and food choices

THE EASTER CONCERT

Wednesday 18 March 2015

School Hall, 7.00pm

Tickets – Adults £5, Concessions £3 Family ticket (2 adults & 1 child) £10

Available on the door

Refreshments will be available during the interval in the foyer

BartholoNews

10 March 2015 www.stbarts.co.uk Issue No: 752

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ST BART’S

ONA BALL

Saturday 28 March 2015

At St Bart’s

Ticket price including three course

dinner with coffee and petit fours £35

Six piece live party band – Misbehavin

Licensed bar

7.00pm – 12.15am

Black Tie/Lounge Suit

Tickets from Bev 01635 36581

Or email: president@oldnewburians.co.uk

Limited number of dance only tickets

at £10 available.

PA DISCO

Years 7/8

Friday 20 March

7.00pm – 9.00pm in the Hall

£3 on the door

Refreshments available for sale

DIARY DATES Fri 13 Mar Patterson House Evening,

Hall, 7pm

Wed 18 Mar Easter Concert, 7pm, Hall

Fri 20 Mar PA Disco, Y7/8, 7-9pm, Hall

Sat 21 Mar ONA sports am and pm

PA Quiz Night, Hall, 7pm

Sat 28 Mar ONA Ball, 7pm, Hall

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Outgrown it? Lost it? Torn it?

Visit the Parents’ Association

Second hand uniform shop

Just inside the students’ entrance

Open on Fridays from 3.15pm to 4.00pm

Uniform, PE kit, boots,

bags and belts

Prices from 50p to £10

All donations welcome

Please leave unwanted uniform at the

reception desk in a bag clearly marked for the

second hand uniform shop

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SIXTH FORM INTERVIEWS Applications for the Sixth Form in 2015

have been strong. All Year 11 students

who have applied for a place in the

Sixth Form at St Bart’s are being interviewed

over the next two weeks. Students have been

given their interview date/time by their tutors.

Offer letters will be distributed to students via

tutor trays after the interview process for all

Year 11 St Bart’s applicants has been

completed.

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK

13 – 22 March 2015

The amazing Zoolab, an Explorer

Dome Space Show, dissection fun

– it’s all happening at St Bart’s

during National Science Week.

Students in KS3 will be getting involved in the

wonders of science.

Throughout the week the science faculty will

be playing the roles of famous scientists.

Year 7 students will be given a quiz and there

are prizes to be won.

The programme includes:

12 March Trip to the Big Bang Science

Fair (Y8/9 students)

16 March Chemistry Wizz Bang Show

Activity Time

17 March Dissection fun

Activity Time

18 March Zoolab visiting school –

biodiversity, creepy crawlies.

Shows throughout the day for

Year 7.

19 March Explorer Dome coming to

St Bart’s. Space and the

Universe show in an inflatable

dome in the hall. Shows

throughout the day for Year 8.

KEY STAGE 4 SCIENCE AWARD The science department has

rewarded students in KS4 who have made

outstanding contributions, demonstrated

significant improvement or just consistently

worked hard. The students to be nominated

and receiving certificates for the last half term

were:

Anna Williams 10D3, Susie Drake 10D3, John

Neely 10C2, George Freer 10E2, Rebecca

Shaw 10P1, Annabelle Bowey 10D2, Phoebe

Cave 10D2, Ryan Mitchell 10C1, Frankie

Twyford 10D1, Alice Wright 10D3, Jazzy

Corrie 10P1. Callum Fletcher 10P3, Amy

Quesada-Getgood 10D1, Matt Grey 10D2,

Claire Smithson 10P2, Hannah Money 10C1,

Damiana Estrocio 10C2, Maisie Mabbatt 10D2

Juan Mascarenhas 10E1, Emma Copley 10P3,

Cauley Lamb 10D3, George Pavitt 10 C1,

Tara Burdett 10P2, Max Hayman 10C2,

Michael Bourke 10C1, Dan Stevenson 10E1,

James Bird 10E1, Emma Lalande 11C3, Elin

Bevan 11C3, Henry Leaman 11C2, Harry Glen

11C1, Amy Bowen 11E2, Ciara Wilton 11E3

Alex Sparkes 11C1, Ellie Thompson 11C1,

Eve Stratton 11D1,Naomi Hill 11P2, Ben

Irwin 11E2, Holly Austin 11E3, Anastasia

Whitford 11C2, James McFadzen 11C1, Chloe

Gee 11C3, Izabela Kapelewska 11E1, Michael

Hanafin 11E1, Nathalia Truszkowska 11C2,

Maddie Hunt 11E3, Jacques Wild 11D1, Leigh

Seymour 11C2, Jasmine Head 11D1, Baxter

Cowhig 11P2, Michael Warner 11P1, George

Ford 11E3, Ruby Jones 11E2.

The three students randomly selected to

receive a prize were:

Amy Quesada-Getgood 10D1

Ben Irwin 11E2

Maddie Hunt 11E3

Every half term teachers will nominate

students from each of their classes to receive

this award. Three names will be randomly

selected from the nominees to receive an

award. Everyone nominated will receive a

certificate in recognition of their work in

science. The next nominations are being made

at the end of this half term, with certificates

and prizes being awarded in April.

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YEAR 11 ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SUPPORT The following table shows the support available to Year 11 students throughout the week. Planning where and when to spend additional

time on coursework and exam preparation will be helpful in ensuring a calm and confident approach to final examinations.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Act

ivit

y T

ime

Maths

Food Tech

RM

Graphics

Music Composition

Dance

Textiles

Maths

Food Tech

Art

Music Theory Support

GCSE PE Theory –

starting from Spring 2

term

Textiles

RM

Graphics

Maths

Food Tech

Dance

Art

History – CA Feb –

March

History – paper 1 start

after Feb half term 25

February 2015

Graphics

Electronics

RM

Textiles

GCSE Computing in

W215 and W212 (All

Year)

Maths

Food Tech

Electronics

RM

MFL

Art

Music Composition

Drama

Graphics

Textiles

GCSE Business Studies –

W211 (All Year)

Science (second half of

activity time)

English Exam Support

Sessions Feb - May

RM

Dance

Graphics

Maths

Tw

ilig

ht

Dance

PE: GCSE all classes

NLO group Spring 1

term and HJJ group

Spring 2 term.

2 additional sessions

in summer term.

MCH leading

Science

Art

MFL

Dance

Geography Revision

Art

Music Theory Support

Dance

Textiles

RM

Graphics

Food Tech until 5:00pm

English A/B Borderline

Master Class

RM

Art

Dance

Mrs M Sims, Deputy Headteacher

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Editing Digital

Photographs Workshop

Are you interested in learning

how to improve your digital

photographs using “Photoshop”

techniques?

You can sign up for this half day

workshop to be held at

St Bartholomew’s School

Saturday 14 March 2015

10am to 1pm

Open to adults and students alike

£30 per person

For further information and a

registration form see Mr Turner

in E130 or email

Advanced Digital

Photography

Lighting Workshop

An enjoyable and practical way to

learn how to control light to

create better images

Saturday 28 March 2015

10am to 1pm

at St Bartholomew’s School

Suitable for older students and adults

£30 per person

For more information and a

registration form see Mr Turner

in E130 or email

pturner@stbarts.co.uk

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BOYS’ PE Football

2nd

XI v Mary Hare 2-4 win in

the league

Spec-tastic performance from

St Bart’s to win the opening game!

Could St Bart’s pull it off on a windy

Wednesday at Mary Hare? Despite Callum

O’Neill’s best effort Mary Hare took an early

lead from a well-placed shot that trickled

under Callum’s body into the bottom corner.

This however would not affect Callum’s debut

game in goal as he was very commanding,

claiming the ball from corners. St Bart’s upped

their game and they piled on the pressure and

this finally led to Hayman dribbling around

three players to open up space from where he

played the ball through to Andy who took it

round the keeper to score into an empty net

despite nearly falling over his own feet.

St Bart’s continued to dominate and their

defence was commanding with the likes of

Sam Eva winning numerous headers, Heskey

tackling everything that moved, Haz putting in

a shift for the team linking up with George

keeping Mary Hare’s attack at bay. After a

defensive mix up Mary Hare’s keeper handled

the ball outside the box where Bart’s won a

free kick. Yates picked up the ball and struck

the ball into the top bins to give the team a 2-1

lead into half time. As the second half began

Bart’s were dominant and it was only a short

time before we scored again. Callum played

the ball out to Patrick Cardwell who headed

the ball to Yates and then he flicked the ball

through to big Alfie-Davis Ellard who

powered a shot into the bottom corner. It can

be argued that Pro Clubs had something to do

with that goal. After confident displays from

Matt Parkes and James Hassall in midfield St

Bart’s continued to press Mary Hare and it was

only a matter of time before they scored again.

Attacking from the wings were Sam Leavesley

and Dylan Agbarha and their attacking

presence led to Alfie’s second and St Bart’s

fourth. Jack Hayman then hit the underside of

the bar with his left peg which was unlucky,

but funny to watch. Mary Hare then finally

managed to break down a superior Bart’s

defence to score a second despite calls for the

striker being rather offside.

James Herbert had a solid debut for St Bart’s

as they ran out 4-2 winners to win the first

game of the season.

MOTM: Year 13 BTEC sport boys!

C Yates

Year 8 Football- St Bart’s v Trinity

The match between St Bart’s and Trinity took

place on 12 February 2015. It was a very close

game to start with, with both teams having

various chances. However, towards the end of

the first half, two long balls and a fast striker

left the score 2-0 to Trinity at the end of the

first half.

Heads were down during the half time team

talk, but some inspirational words from

Mr Meddle left the St Bart’s team raring to go.

It was the dream start for St Bart’s and within

five minutes it was back to 2-2. The goals

came from Oliver Paul with a well struck shot

from outside the box and a through ball to Dan

Stevenson which allowed him to power it

home from short range.

After that it went all St Bart’s way. Chances

and more chances came but St Bart’s were

unable to find the third important goal. Late

into the half the goal came. An error from the

Trinity centre back left Dan Stevenson one-on-

one with the keeper and he tucked it away. The

rest of the match continued with St Bart’s

dominating and finished with a good 3-2

victory which should take us into the semi-

final.

GIRLS’ PE Sixth Form Netball

The Sixth Form team won last

week against Kennet 32-8 in a

league match. Well done to Christie Leach

who was awarded player of the match.

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Lacrosse

The Year 8 team participated in the National

Schools Tournament on 2 March. All members

performed very well against some excellent

opposition consisting of Berkhamsted,

Walthamstow hall, St Catherine’s, St Alban’s

and Bedford.

Despite not winning any matches in their pool,

which fielded the winning school and semi

finalists, the girls gave 100% and put up a

strong fight in all their games. They were

unlucky in their final few matches, defending

well and unfortunate not to convert several

opportunities in front of goal.

The girls have learned some valuable lessons

in the process which leads nicely into their

final tournament at the Junior West Rally on

7 March.

Well done to all the girls involved but extra

praise to Emma James and Abi Livingston for

an exceptionally good effort in defence.

Squad – captains Emily Mayo and Lorna Bird;

Daisy Stratton, Maddy Mitton, Hannah Grey,

Mia Eldridge, Izzie Hole, Sophie Stancombe,

Ottilie Sanderson, Alice Barr, Sienna Edwards,

Beth Robinson, Daisy Perks, Molly Robinson,

Ellen Grace, Megan Bowey and Grace

Twyford.

Years 8, 9 and 10 National Schools Lacrosse

Tournament 2015

Our Year 8, 9 and 10 lacrosse teams played in

their National Schools Lacrosse Tournaments

last week held at Surrey Sports Park in

Guildford.

The Year 8 team played five games, their

results were as follows:

Lost 5-0 v Berkhamsted

Lost 5-0 v St Catherines

Lost 3-1 v St Albans

Lost 2-0 v Walthamsted

Lost 2-0 v Bedford

The girls had very tough matches playing

against teams that went on to do very well in

the tournament.

U14 team

The Year 9 team played six games, their

results were as follows:

Won 1-0 v St Swithun’s

Lost 3-1 v Putney

Lost 4-0 v Walthamstow

Lost 4-1 v LEH

Lost 4-0 v Moreton Hall

Won 3-1 v Coloma

The girls finished 4th

in their group.

They Year 10 team played five games.

They lost three games and won two games.

They finished 3rd

in their group.

National Schools Lacrosse Tournament

2015 - Seniors

On 27 and 28 February our U19A and U19B

team competed in the National Schools

Lacrosse Tournament. Once again the girls

were a credit to the school and competed

extremely well.

A summary of our results are:

U19A

Friday

Lost 5-1 v Lady Eleanor Holles School

Won 8-0 v Sedbergh School

Won 3-2 v Stowe School

Won 2-1 v Bedford Girls

Lost 5-2 v St Helen’s and St Katharine

Because the team won three and lost two

games they were competing in Division 1 of

the tournament for their Saturday games.

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Saturday

Lost 5-1 v St Mary’s Calne

Won 2-1 v The Royal School

Drew 2-2 v QAS

This meant that the team finished 2nd

in their

group.

They went on to play Queen Margaret’s

School in the last 16 and they won 4-2.

They were then knocked out in the quarter

finals losing 4-0 to Malvern St James.

This is still a fantastic achievement and an

improvement on last year’s result.

U19B

Friday

Lost 4-0 v Guildford High

Won 1-0 v Heathfield School

Lost 5-0 v Caterham School

Drew 0-0 v The King’s School Canterbury

Lost 2-1 v St Pauls Girls School

Lost 2-1 v Moreton Hall School

Lost 2-0 v Stowe School

Lost 2-1 v Cheltenham Ladies College

Because the team won 1, drew 1 and lost 6

games they were competing in Division 2 of

the Tournament for their Saturday games.

Saturday

Won 6-0 v Heathfield

Lost 2-1 v St George’s Harpenden

Lost 3-0 v Malvern

Lost 3-2 v Godolphin

Lost 3-2 v Downe House.

This meant we finished 5th

out of 6 teams in

Division 2.

The senior teams